ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 



of the 



AMERICAN KERRY AND DEXTER CATTLE CLUB. 



Organization. 



1. This organization shall be called the American Kerry 

 and Dexter Cattle Clnb. 



Membership. 



2. The membership fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00). 

 State Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations shall be 

 regarded as honorary members, without voting privileges, but 

 with membership fees. 



Purpose. 



3. The purpose of this club shall be to promote the breed- 

 ing of pure bred Kerry or Dexter cattle in America, by dis- 

 semination of information concerning these cattle ; keeping a 

 record of registration and transfer of individual pure bred 

 animals; publishing a herd registry or other information of 

 importance : and protecting the integrity of Kerry and Dexter 

 pedigrees in America so far as possible. 



Foundation Stock. 



4. (a) Any animal imported from Ireland or England up 

 to January ist, 191 2, from ancestry registered in the Royal 

 Dublin Society's Kerry and Dexter Herd Book or in the English 

 Kerry and Dexter Cattle Society Herd Book, by which a con- 

 nected registration record may be shown. (b) Also up to 

 January ist, 1912, any animal of Kerry or Dexter breeding, 

 from unregistered ancestry in America, that properly certified 

 evidence shows to have come or descended from stock of pure 

 Kerry or Dexter breeding, imported from Ireland or England. 

 ( c) Also, up to January ist, 1912, of any animal imported from 

 Ireland or England of Kerry or Dexter breeding, of which cer- 

 tified evidence is given, yet not from registered ancestry. 



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